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Comment on ``Texture in the Superconducting Order Parameter of CeCoIn Revealed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance''
The study of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state has been of
considerable recent interest. Below the temperature which is believed to
be the transition temperature () to the FFLO phase in CeCoIn, K.
Kakuyanagi et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 047602 (2005)) reported a composite NMR
spectrum with a tiny component observed at frequencies corresponding to the
normal state signal. The results were interpreted as evidence for the emergence
of an FFLO state. This result is inconsistent with two other NMR studies of V.
F. Mitrovi{\'c} et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 117002 (2006)) and B.-L. Young et
al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 036402 (2007)). In this comment we show that the
findings of K. Kakuyanagi et al. do not reflect the true nature of the FFLO
state but result from excess RF excitation power used in that experiment.Comment: 1 page, to appear in PR
Phase Diagram of CeCoIn_5 in the Vicinity of H_{c2} as Determined by NMR
We report ^{115}In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in the
heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn_5 as a function of temperature in different
magnetic fields applied parallel to the plane. The
measurements probe a part of the phase diagram in the vicinity of the
superconducting critical field H_{c2} where a possible inhomogeneous
superconducting state, Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO), is stabilized.
We have identified clear NMR signatures of two phase transitions occurring in
this part of the phase diagram. The first order phase transitions are
characterized by the sizable discontinuity of the shift. We find that a
continuous second order phase transition from the superconducting to the FFLO
state occurs at temperature below which the shift becomes temperature
independent. We have compiled the first phase diagram of CeCoIn_5 in the
vicinity of H_{c2} from NMR data and found that it is in agreement with the one
determined by thermodynamic measurements.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to Proceedings of SCES'0
Antiferromagnetic Phases in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov State of CeCoIn_5
The antiferromagnetic (AFM) order in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov
(FFLO) superconducting state is analyzed on the basis of a Ginzburg-Landau
theory. To examine the possible AFM-FFLO state in CeCoIn_5, we focus on the
incommensurate AFM order characterized by the wave vector Q = Q_{0} \pm q_inc
with Q_0 =(\pi,\pi,\pi) and q_inc \parallel [110] or [1-10] in the tetragonal
crystal structure. We formulate the two component Ginzburg-Landau theory and
investigate the two degenerate incommensurate AFM order. We show that the
pinning of AFM moment due to the FFLO nodal planes leads to multiple phases in
magnetic fields along [100] or [010]. The phase diagrams for various coupling
constants between the two order parameters are shown for the comparison with
CeCoIn_5. Experimental results of the NMR and neutron scattering measurements
are discussed.Comment: 6pages, Proceedings of ICHE2010, To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
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Ginzburg-Landau Analysis for the Antiferromagnetic Order in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov Superconductor
Incommensurate antiferromangetic (AFM) order in the
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconductor is investigated on the
basis of the Ginzburg-Landau theory. We formulate the two component
Ginzburg-Landau model to discuss two degenerate incommensurate AFM states in
the tetragonal crystal structure. Owing to the broken translation symmetry in
the FFLO state, a multiple phase diagram of single-q phase and double-q phase
is obtained under the magnetic field along [100] or [010] direction. Magnetic
properties in each phase are investigated and compared with the neutron
scattering and NMR measurements for a heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn_5. An
ultrasonic measurement is proposed for a future experimental study to identify
the AFM-FFLO state. The field orientation dependence of the AFM order in
CeCoIn_5 is discussed.Comment: 8 page
Field Dependence of the Ground State in the Exotic Superconductor CeCoIn: a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation
We report In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in
CeCoIn at low temperature ( mK) as a function of magnetic
field () from 2 T to 13.5 T applied perpendicular to the -axis.
NMR line shift reveals that below 10 T the spin susceptibility increases as
. We associate this with an increase of the density of states due
to the Zeeman and Doppler-shifted quasiparticles extended outside the vortex
cores in a d-wave superconductor. Above 10 T a new superconducting state is
stabilized, possibly the modulated phase predicted by Fulde, Ferrell, Larkin
and Ovchinnikov (FFLO). This phase is clearly identified by a strong and linear
increase of the NMR shift with the field, before a jump at the first order
transition to the normal state.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let